Crime Statistics for Grand Union Canal, Blaby, Leicestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Grand Union Canal, Blaby

There were a total of 104 street level crime incidents in Grand Union Canal in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Grand Union Canal, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime43
Public Order13
Anti Social Behaviour10
Criminal Damage Arson8
Burglary7
Shoplifting6
Vehicle Crime5
Other Theft5
Drugs3
Robbery2
Other Crime1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime104

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Grand Union Canal. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Grand Union Canal

We've taken the ten nearest places to Grand Union Canal and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Grand Union Canal has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Aylestone Park (2.08 miles)401
Knighton Fields (2.42 miles)373
Aylestone (1.28 miles)314
Eyres Monsell (0.69 miles)203
South Wigston (1.55 miles)127
Grand Union Canal104
Enderby (2.26 miles)62
Blaby (0.69 miles)58
Red Hill (2.26 miles)36
Littlethorpe (1.99 miles)35

5.34%
of Blaby South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Grand Union Canal?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Grand Union Canal and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Aylestone Park162
Knighton Fields153
Aylestone119
Eyres Monsell86
South Wigston51
Grand Union Canal43
Enderby26
Blaby24
Littlethorpe12
Red Hill11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Grand Union Canal?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Grand Union Canal to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Grand Union Canal compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Grand Union Canal and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Grand Union Canal is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Eyres Monsell88
2Aylestone85
3Saxondale64
4Blaby South59
5South Wigston47
6Millfield43
7North Whetstone35
8Enderby and St John's34
9Narborough and Littlethorpe29
10Pastures14
11Cosby with South Whetstone12

Which road in Grand Union Canal has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Grand Union Canal with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Beech Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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